Night Owl Chatterboxes - Part LIII
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Originally posted by stellazio:
US was which squadron? 129??
USA have no squadron
overseas detachments are known by name now. e.g. PP, PV, OTC...
127 sqn for chinooks are in singapore.
126 sqn is for the pumas.
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Originally posted by sbst275:
Alrdy 23 years into service liao
C-130 alrdy 31 years in RSAF liao...
like tis Puma really got to do lots more work
long way to go man.
the airframe supposedly can go up to 30,000 flying hours.
we're only hitting 1.5K
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Originally posted by the Bear:
goodnight everyone.. got to get up at 4:30am tomorrow..
4:30am??
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
i'm looking at stella's previous comment, UH is a chinook.
i keep looking at the poster, that is no where near a chinook even if i cover half the photo!
Huh, but isn't the chopper on top of the farewell UH-1H comment a chinook?
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
long way to go man.
the airframe supposedly can go up to 30,000 flying hours.
we're only hitting 1.5K
I see -
must be thanks to Mas Selamat ...
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Originally posted by the Bear:
goodnight everyone.. got to get up at 4:30am tomorrow..
tell them to find mas selamat soon.
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This sounds like a Military Nuts thread :P
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
USA have no squadron
overseas detachments are known by name now. e.g. PP, PV, OTC...
127 sqn for chinooks are in singapore.
126 sqn is for the pumas.
Err typo error, i meant the UH.
123 and 124 one of them was for the fennec or the Ec120B right? can't rmb what i studied..LOL
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
tell them to find mas selamat soon.
MPB friend got better theory1) They let Mas Selamat go so that they can capture the entire JI group
2) Mas Selamat died from torture and to cover up they said he escaped
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Originally posted by sbst275:
I seeimagine, 100+hrs per month for the unit, not the aircraft.
let's say 120 x 12 = 1.4K a year.
1.4K x 23yrs = 32.2K hrs
long way to go for all the aircrafts to hit the manufacturer's target.
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Pinky Bear, I believe JB - Singapore container feeder now good biz ba... since land checkpoint jam like siao
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Originally posted by stellazio:
Huh, but isn't the chopper on top of the farewell UH-1H comment a chinook?
if u have a test for aircraft identification, u failed horribly
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Originally posted by sbst275:
Pinky Bear, I believe JB - Singapore container feeder now good biz ba... since land checkpoint jam like siao
Btw come end of March, freight rates going to balloon again -
Originally posted by kopiosatu:
imagine, 100+hrs per month for the unit, not the aircraft.
let's say 120 x 12 = 1.4K a year.
1.4K x 23yrs = 32.2K hrs
long way to go for all the aircrafts to hit the manufacturer's target.
C-130B kinda finds need to goold workhorse liao..
Tat day airshow, USAF sent down the C-130J... Engine the turbopops looks diff
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
if u have a test for aircraft identification, u failed horribly
Stella, wat's the similar bet F-5 and F-16???
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Originally posted by stellazio:
Err typo error, i meant the UH.
123 and 124 one of them was for the fennec or the Ec120B right? can't rmb what i studied..LOL
UH sqn was 120
now 120 is apache.
123, 124 = fennec
123 was operational, 124 was for training.
123 closed down first then 124
now 124 resides in seletar and they use the EC120
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Oh ya did u read in today's PAP times where LKY said that he can't predict in the future if our National Anthem is still going to be Majulah Singapura?
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I hate to think what he is thinking/planning.
I bet he has written out a 100 yr plan for the next few generation of ministers man
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Originally posted by sbst275:
Stella, wat's the similar bet F-5 and F-16???
Their roles in the RSAF.
Only F5 has an additional role.
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Originally posted by elindra:
MPB friend got better theory1) They let Mas Selamat go so that they can capture the entire JI group
2) Mas Selamat died from torture and to cover up they said he escaped
number two is far-fetched ....
it's a lot easier to say he died of a heart attack or had a soap fight and was killed or slipped and fell from a rambutan tree or something ....
they won't go through all this hassle with troops and gurkhas for a charade, nor do I think they enjoy loosing face on the international stage that much ...
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
UH sqn was 120
now 120 is apache.
123, 124 = fennec
123 was operational, 124 was for training.
123 closed down first then 124
now 124 resides in seletar and they use the EC120
125, 126 was SP..
So naturally 127 was for Chinook
Stella, did you watch tat SBC drama Army Series??? tat helio is the UH
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Originally posted by sbst275:
C-130B kinda finds need to goold workhorse liao..
Tat day airshow, USAF sent down the C-130J... Engine the turbopops looks diff
yeah, have 6 blades, supposedly quieter and should generate more power.
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Originally posted by stellazio:
Their roles in the RSAF.
Only F5 has an additional role.
kokz si gina...the only thing sama is they are double engined planes...
you failed terribly
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Originally posted by elindra:
Oh ya did u read in today's PAP times where LKY said that he can't predict in the future if our National Anthem is still going to be Majulah Singapura?
-_-"
I hate to think what he is thinking/planning.
I bet he has written out a 100 yr plan for the next few generation of ministers man
cos seriously dun forget, we've nothing to survive on...
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:
if u have a test for aircraft identification, u failed horribly
Yep, i will. They only showed us 1 picture each in the manual.